AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 14, 2021 Armed With Facts But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18 Thought to Ponder Together we can do what we could never do alone. AA-related 'Alconym' H E A R T  =   Healing, Enjo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 13, 2021 Progressive Illness We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better. We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30 Thought to Ponder Alcoholic drinking's three stages: Impulsive, Compulsive, Repulsive. AA-related 'Alconym' A A  =   Answer Available. Thanks to all ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 12, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Get Results Let us make haste to reassure you. We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 46  Thought to Ponder Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 11, 2021 Again and Again We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 33 Thought to Ponder Times change, alcoholism doesn' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 10, 2021 How We Have Recovered We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward To First Edition) p. xiii Thought to Ponder When all else fails, t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 9, 2021 Everything or Nothing When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn’t. What was our choice to be? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 53 Thought to Ponder I came; I came to; I came to believe. AA-related 'Alconym' B I G   B O O K  =   Believing In God Beats Our Old Kno ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 8, 2021 The Taproot Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life. The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) pp. 21 - 22 Thought to Ponder Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. AA-related 'Alconym' K I S S  =   Keep It Simple; Su ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 7, 2021 Happiness These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 159 Thought to Ponder Trust God. Clean house. Help others. AA-related 'Alconym' H J F  =   Happy, Joyous, Free. Thanks to all of you for sharing so gener ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 6, 2021 Dear Readers, my apologies. Yesterday's reading comes from "Working With Others," p. 96. Day By Day Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen. When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 5, 2021 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Your Prospect Do not be discouraged if your prospect does not respond at once. Search out another alcoholic and try again. You are sure to find someone desperate enough to accept with eagerness what you offer. We find it a waste of time to keep chasing a man who cannot or will not work with you. If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself. To spend too much time on any one sit ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 4, 2021 Freely Give We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk. This is Twelfth Step work in the very best sense of the word. "Freely ye have received; freely give . . ." is the core of this part of Step Twelve. - Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 3, 2021 Merciless Obsession Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be. We stand ready to do anything which will lift the merciless obsession from us. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 24 Thought to Ponder Learn to listen, then listen to learn. AA-related 'Alconym' A R T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 2, 2021 In The Stillness In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done." - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 40 - 41 Thought to Ponder The stillness of God speaks louder than a choir of voices. AA-relat ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) December 1, 2021 Lay Aside Prejudice We, who have traveled this dubious path, beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion. We have learned that whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions. People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 49 Thought to Ponder True reli ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) November 30, 2021 The First Milestone A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. Rebellion dogs our every step at first. When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over! I'll never have to go through that again!" Then we learn, often to our consternation, that this is only the first milestone on the new ...Continue Reading